MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/10/2026
9:50 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: Intro to PT-4 “The Popularity and Power of Jesus”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke 6:17-19
Message of the verses: “Jesus
came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of
His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and
the costal region of Tyer and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be healed of
their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were begin
cured. And all the people were trying to
touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.”
I want to begin where I left off in last evenings SD
as I continue to quote from John MacArthur’s commentary as he introduces these
verses in his introduction.
“In the Old Testament Jesus is
promised seed of the woman, who would crush the head of Satan (Gen. 3:15); the
true sacrifice for sin to which the Old Testament sacrifices pointed (Heb.
9:11-28); the final Passover Lamb whom all the others foreshadowed (1 Cor. 5:7;
cf. Ex. 12:3-11); the ark of safety, a refuge from the storms of judgment for
all who are His (1 Peter 3:20-21; cf. Gen. 7:13-24); the Lion of the tribe of
Judah (Rev. 5:5), who will destroy His enemies (Ps. 2:8-9) and reign forever
(Luke 1:31-33); David’s greater Son, who will sit on his throne (Luke 1:32),
and yet David’s Lord (Luke 20:41-44).”
Now I will copy and paste the verses
above starting with Gen. 3:15 in the ESV.
“15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between ‘our offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and
you shall bruise his heel.’’
(Heb. 9:11-28)
“11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of
the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent
(not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the holy places,
not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood,
thus securing an eternal redemption. 13
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled
persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
14 how much more will the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God,
purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. 15 ¶ Therefore he is the mediator of a new
covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal
inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the
transgressions committed under the first covenant. 16 For where a will is involved, the death of
the one who made it must be established. 17
For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long
as the one who made it is alive. 18
Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. 19 For when every commandment of the law had been
declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats,
with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and
all the people, 20 saying, “This is the
blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the
blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is
purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness
of sins. 23 ¶ Thus it was necessary for
the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the
heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places
made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself,
now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as
the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own,
26 for then he would have had to suffer
repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared
once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of
himself. 27 And just as it is appointed
for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear
the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save
those who are eagerly waiting for him.”
(1 Cor. 5:7; cf. Ex. 12:3-11)
“7 ¶ Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a
new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been
sacrificed.”
“3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on
the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their
fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. 4
And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest
neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each
can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a
year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, 6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth
day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall
kill their lambs at twilight. 7
"Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two
doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted
on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water,
but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. 10 And you shall let none of it remain until the
morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your
belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you
shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover.”
(1 Peter 3:20-21; cf. Gen. 7:13-24)
“20 because they formerly did not obey, when
God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in
which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 ¶ Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves
you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good
conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”
“13 ¶ On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem
and Ham and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them
entered the ark, 14 they and every beast,
according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and
every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every
bird, according to its kind, every winged creature. 15 They went into the ark with Noah, two and two
of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16 And those that entered, male and female of all
flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in. 17 ¶ The flood continued forty days on the earth.
The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
18 The waters prevailed and increased
greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the
earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed above the mountains,
covering them fifteen cubits deep. 21 ¶
And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts,
all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils
was the breath of life died. 23 He
blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and
animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out
from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed on the earth
150 days.”
(Rev. 5:5)
“5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no
more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered,
so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.’’
(Ps.
2:8-9)
“8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your
heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron and
dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.’
(Luke 1:31-33)
“31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb
and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of
the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father
David, 33 and he will reign over the house
of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.’
(Luke
1:32)
“32 He will be great and will be called the Son of
the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David”
(Luke 20:41-44)
41 But he said to them, "How can they say
that the Christ is David’s son? 42 For David
himself says in the Book of Psalms, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, ”Sit at my
right hand, 43 until I make your enemies
your footstool."’ 44 David thus
calls him Lord, so how is he his son?’
Spiritual
Meaning for My Life Today: Some people have a problem when they look at
the Word of God and they think that God did not write it, and yet if you look
over the last four SD’s you can see from all of these verses that were quoted
that God certainly did write the Bible using different people from both the Old
and New Testaments and they perfectly go together. For that I know that I can trust the Word of
God to be accurate.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to trust the Lord for what
is going on with my wife in her battle with cancer, knowing that He knows the
beginning from the end and knowing that He has and never will make any
mistakes.
7/10/2026
10:39 AM
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